一心二用

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	heart; mind	two	to use
simp. and trad. (一心二用)		一	心	二	用
Literally: “one mind, two uses”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīxīn'èryòng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄒㄧㄣㄦˋ ㄩㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ sam¹ ji⁶ jung⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīxīn'èryòng [Phonetic: yìxīn'èryòng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄒㄧㄣㄦˋ ㄩㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yisin-èryòng
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-hsin¹-êrh⁴-yung⁴
  - Yale: yī-syīn-èr-yùng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishinellyonq
  - Palladius: исиньэрюн (isinʹerjun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹⁻⁵³ jʊŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ sam¹ ji⁶ jung⁶
  - Yale: yāt sām yih yuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ sam¹ ji⁶ jung⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ sem¹ yi⁶ yung⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ jiː²² jʊŋ²²/

Idiom

一心二用

to divide one's attention; to multitask

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